Saint SimpertAlso spelled Sintbert, Sintpert, Simbert. (died 13 October 807) was an abbot, bishop, and confessor of the late-8th and early-9th centuries, and was supposedly the nephew of Charlemagne. He was educated at Murbach Abbey in Alsace, where he took the Benedictinehabit and was elected abbot. In 778, he was appointed
bishop of Augsburg
Diocese of Augsburg is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich.Neuburg an der Donau, at
Staffelsee Abbey
The Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria, Germany. The settlements of Murnau, Seehausen and Uffing
Uffing am Staffelsee (officially, ''Uffing a.Staffelsee''; bar, Uffing am Staffesee) is a municipality in th ...
, and at Augsburg.
He rebuilt the Basilica of St. Afra and others. While he was bishop, he remained abbot of Murbach, ruling at the same time the diocese and the monastery. He died on 13 October 807, and was buried at St Afra's church. Since 1624, he has been a secondary patron of Augsburg, his cultus having been approved in 1468.
References
Sources
*
Holweck, F. G.
Frederick George Holweck (born Friedrich Georg Holweck; 29 December 1856 – 15 February 1927) was a German-American Catholic parish priest and scholar, hagiographer and church historian. Monsignor Holweck contributed some articles to the ''Catho ...
, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. 1924.